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| High rates of cattle feed, skyrocketing straw prices putting huge burden on dairy farmers: JKDFA | | Middlemen milk profits of J&K dairy farmers: Chib | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, June 19: J&K Dairy Farmers Association on Sunday nominated Sunday nominated Arif Hussain as Sub District Incharge of Jammu District during meeting held in Sunjwan with Gujjar Community. Working President of Association Kulbhushan Khajuria, Vice Presidents Surjeet Singh, Kishore Kumar, Treasurer Sukh Dev Chowdhary, General Secretary Tarun Sharma and President Jammu Province Sandeep Singh Chib were present on the occasion. During the meeting prominent issues discussed include high Rates of Wheat straw,cattle feed and other fodder and an appeal made to Govt to give at least 50% subsidy on wheat straw besides recent misbehave by CEO JKMPCL Gourav Sharma was also discussed.
Speaking on the ocassion, JKDFA Working President Kulbhushan Khajuria said though dairy farming putting in hundred percent efforts to meet demand for dairy produce, the price of milk has dropped and it is now cheaper than bottled water. This has forced hundreds of farmers in the countryside to sell their cows and take up some other jobs. Selling milk to a middleman yields nothing to the farmer. He said dairy farmers after selling their cows, have become middleman and started purchasing milk from their neighbours. They purchase milk from their neighbours at cheaper rate and sell it at a good price in the town,” he added.
Khajuria maintained that the dairy farming in J&K has diminishing returns. “Why would someone invest in a dairy farm where investments are high and returns are low? People who invest in mineral water plants earn much more than dairy farmers. At the same time, for getting one litre of milk, a lot of hard work and investment are required. He said that in his area several small farmers have already sold their cows. They sell grass which fetches them good money. They purchase milk from the same money which they get from selling grass and without doing much hard work they earn better,” he added. |
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